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  have you ever watched this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPetU2bZxmo : Marauder IIC
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    Yes, I have that dvd at home but thanks for linking this. I watched it again. The "desperate strategy" ... : kek
    • Granted it is a stand in for the senselessness of nuclear war, but It begs another question. Why would th... : steauengeglase
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  I watched the Matrix for the first time on a little laptop screen with our high school's new foreign exch... : ConfusedUs
  • I watched it for the first time on a 2 head VCR hooked up via RF to a 20" TV I still thought it was aw... : .Jayson
• the power plant thing is exposition, back story. it wouldnt change much as far as plot goes : spiderfill
• The Matrix is 10 years old now - I'm sure eventually someone will come around and top it. : Borzoi
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  Not really since they explain that the Matrix had to properly simulate reality or else "whole crops" were... : grandmasterlee
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    the mistake was allowing the humans enough cognition to require "accepting" the program. if they're all ... : electroly
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      right, that's my point. The "explanation" didn't explain why they had to be cognitive in the first p... : kek
      • yeah they just kinda hand-waved that one without really explaining it : electroly
      • BUT as a server farm, it makes more sense for them to have to be cognitive. They're using their brains f... : kek
      • I assume an active brain produces more than an inactive one? keeping someone in a vegetative state with ... : mikecyb
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        Because a field fulls of Terry Shiavo's wouldn't be an interesting story. : eldiablo01
        • My name is Buck-0049 and I'm here to... : steauengeglase
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      I thought that according to the animated movie, the machines cut a deal with the living to use their bodi... : mwasher
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        I saw no choice offered. : Conan
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          hmm I could have sworn there was some kind of "treaty" or something guess not : mwasher
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            I haven't seen the animated series but wouldn't that completely and utterly contradict everything that's ... : electroly
            • I don't know? Would it? : mwasher
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            You mean the one where the machines blew up the UN right after signing? : Conan
            • oh maybe that did happen. i thought i remembered something being signed. : mwasher
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    The second Matrix was a nightmare world which had vampires, Ghosts, etc. The remnants of this made up Mer... : Sailor of Fortune
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      I want a matrix with no fatties and every girl bleaches her asshole. : baronzemo78
      • The OC : Godhatesfatpeople
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  LET'S REBOOT IT : nomaad
  • needs more 3D! MORE JABBER JAW BINKS! MORE MICHAEL BGAY! : BauriceMastard
  • awww crap BAD POOL ERROR now what do we do?!? : cap n KRUNCH
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  Humans as power source are implausible. I could see retaining humans as the spark of creativity required ... : dirge23
  • Damn laws of thermodynamics! : Teiresias
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  I think the Terminator and Matrix storylines could be meshed quite nicely : Megara9
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    AIs make such awesome villains: HAL 9000 Wintermute GLADoS Skynet Joshua/WOPR These are all cla... : dirge23
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      WOPR's only kinda a villain. : Conan
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        HAL 9000 and Wintermute aren't really villains in the conventional sense either, but they're primary anta... : dirge23
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          That's why they're interesting: they have inhuman motivations and superhuman capabilities. Also they hav... : dirge23
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            Fair enough, though Wintermute it could be argued for; certainly he could influence things in the real wo... : Conan
            • All of them influence the physical world, but indirectly. : dirge23
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        Joshua just wanted to play the game and win. No fault or villianry there : Solstice
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          HAL 9000 just wants the Jupiter mission to succeed, in accordance with his primary objectives. : dirge23
          • Their villainy comes from their utter indifference to loss of human life. : dirge23
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            Not Hal's fault. Bad programming by humans would be the key here. : Solstice
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              Skynet and GLADoS seem to be the most "villainous", since Skynet seeks genocide for no apparent reason (a... : dirge23
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                I'll give you both Skynet and GLADoS as evil. Especially GLADoS. She had what seemed to be real emotion. ... : Solstice
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                  With AI, there's always the Turing Test problem of what is genuine emotion and what is user interface. : dirge23
                  • Or our own tendency to anthropomorphize. : dirge23
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                GLADos had an entire module deticated to growling belligerently thats pretty evil : johnlocks
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                  That was my favorite module. : mn3m0n1c
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                    That module was voiced by Mike Patton, no? : dirge23
                    • Yes it was. :) I also liked the "Hey! What's that? ...and that?! Hey, what's wrong with your legs?" modu : mn3m0n1c
                    • indeed it was : CoRDS
        • Yeah, it is kind of like saying a sledgehammer or a toaster or a copy of Excel is evil. Forget that last ... : steauengeglase
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      wasn't wintermute kind of the hero? : rgoer
      • He's the antagonist to Case's protagonist. If you substitute "antagonist" for "villain" in my original p... : dirge23
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      Adding SHODAN to this list. : dirge23
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        Ooh. Shodan's a good one. I mean, really, name another AI that actually altered the fabric of reality? : Conan
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          Are you talking about the bit at the end of Shock 2 where you go into the virtual world to fight her? : Majuju
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            It wasn't a virtual world. She'd use the warp engines to literally rewrite the universe in an expanding b : Conan
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              oh man was that what she was doing? I totally missed that the last time :( and I kinda missed the bit wit : Majuju
              • If you didn't find/pay attention to all the logs, I can see how you would be confused. : Conan
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      Don't forget about AM. Creepiest AI ever. : ColoradoCNC
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        never read that one. i'll pick it up. : dirge23
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          it seems to be out of print. annoying. : dirge23
          • I found an archived version of it on the Wikipedia page yesterday, get it while you still can! : Majuju
      • AM never struck me as creepy...more like childish and petty. : Majuju
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    The I, Robot movie made a nice unofficial prequel to the Matrix universe. : AxeMan808
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      except that it was terrible :( : JJDX
      • aw hell naw : AllYourBase
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      Asimov is still rolling in his grave... : Goblin au
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        I didn't say it was a good adaptation. I said it was a nice unofficial prequel. It had very little (damn ... : AxeMan808
        • I agree with you there. I remember thinking at the time that it looked like the setup in Animatrix. It's ... : Goblin au
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  The body cannot live without the mind. : ashkie
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    Paging Terri Schiavo : dirge23
    • She'd answer, but she can't. : Godhatesfatpeople
• omg. PREQUEL TIME !!!!!!! :D : Downforce
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  Have you ever read the storyline from Matrix Online? : roushimsx
  • Someone set Morpheus up the bomb. : Sailor of Fortune
  • No, but I would love to. Link? : rosewood
• wouldn't cows have made more sense : AllYourBase
• fuck the science behind the matrix, it fails on many levels. matrix is barely fun to watch for the cool s... : BauriceMastard

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• Oh jesus. : NFXFSX
• are you fucking serious? : mrvandelay
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  Greatest luck in history. : Link.
  • I wouldn't say luck has anything to do with this. : hirosushima
  • http://www.eons.com/images/members/2008/8/12/3/0/3010958121705144_220w.jpeg : peter
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  I bet when he grew up his mittens were connected with a string. : dognose
  • lol. i was just thinking this. : kbnerd
  • hahaha, : AMikaboshi
  • hahhahhah : askedrelic
  • LMAO : Downforce
  • hahaha zing! : Scotty22
  • :D I had a similar thought. : K1Bond007
  • I had some of those little clips that would keep your mittens connected to your coat sleeves when I was a... : action wombmate
  • now you know what to get him for his next birthday! :D : bad_fish
  • why is this cracking me up so bad? : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • fucking LOL : MercFox1
  • Hahahahahah Brilliantly played. : Solstice
  • i had that too......whats so funny.......i never lost my mittens >:( : Chandler55
  • My mom would attach my mittens to my coat with a safety pin. :( : trOmblyj
  • hahahah, i bet he kept his bus pass on a chain too : Bamtan
  • ahahaha classic : Link.
  • sadly, he never had any pie. mew : sweat
  • lololol : Maddog_Delphi97
• Can we dispatch some internet guys to look for them for him? : Halen
• wtf, wtf :( : electroly
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  set a donations link STAT. : barichnikov
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    i've got a couple of keys he can have! : shavenewok
    • lol : yosemiteclimber
  • I would but he probably forgot his PayPal password :( : pancake humper
• probably time to stop doing drugs : cygnus
• i stole them, don't tell him. : mwasher
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  Forgetful Shane Sherman : AlexXdude
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    and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day : skinlab133
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      Dude that book was so awesome : Zero|DPX
      • lol yeah it was, I never would have remembered that book if these posts werent made, thank myou : klearlyunseen
• donations for new car, now! : ErneX
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  So now where is he going to want to move to? I need a SS decoder ring. Wallet = San Fran so keys must mea... : rosewood
  • He better hurry, shackmeet tomorrow! : Slowtreme
• hey I can't see that picture, but someone please tell me it's actually the car keys to the volvo he has l : mwasher
• Part of a cult scheme I tell you! : Sailor of Fortune
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  I CAN'T BELIEVE HE'S LOST HIS KEYS WHO DOES THAT : not work safe
  • I can't believe it's not butter! : retardhumper
  • Mine are connected with a string. : breadsticks
  • DOOR OPENING ADVICE, FROM WTF242?! LOL THAT'S FUNNY : forgottenzero
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    I can't believe he TWITTERED about it. I mean, come on..what's the purpose? We can't do anything about ... : deathofrats
    • Phil's Twitter Tracker! : Sailor of Fortune
    • huh? he didn't ask any of you to follow it, much less have phil post it on here. fuck me i think it's yo... : mwasher
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      hes not retarded, look at the size of this thread : Dravenport
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        more than half of this is threadshitting on him, and dognose's epic comment. : MercFox1
        • and the most amazing thing about it is that there is not a single post by 242. : mwasher
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      twitter is the beginning of the end of Western civilization : TPSReport
      • I'd say it marks more the hump of the downfall. : pwnjoo
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      because my FUCKING phone is dead and the people I was meeting read twitter from their cell phones. most o... : wtf242
      • You're a fucking mess. : virus
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        usually i rag on some of your stupider posts but this is getting ridiculous people are just riding on you... : DrFlammable
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          it's pretty much all deathofrats offers to the shack :\ : mwasher
          • yes all I do here is rag on your buddy. give me a break. : deathofrats
        • Seriously. It's way over the top. We have other popular users here who are all kinds of fucked up and get... : systatic
      • It just got real... : massdev
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      Why the fuck do you care : OverloadUT
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        oh no someone posted something on the INTERNET. : FrayLo
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          I was just responding to him man. He can post whatever he wants! I just think it's a dumb thing for him t... : OverloadUT
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            my sarcasm was not strong enough. i agree, why does he care? so someone twittered, who gives a shit : FrayLo
            • Oh dur, you were making fun of him with your post. I thought you were making a comment about me caring wh... : OverloadUT
• He'll find the keys and lose the car. Then Phil will have to edit a "Dude, where's my car?" movie poster. : kelerian
• Shane Sherman more like Shame Sherman am i rite? : Ajax
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  This is just an elaborate scheme by wtf242 to replace the $300 jeans meme with a new one : kaddar0
  • not very elaborate tho. all he has to do is say "i lost my keys" and everyone else goes to town because,... : mwasher
• i lose my keys on a semi-weekly basis. usually the same time my phone runs out of juice and i lose it too : cpt_gloval
• he should check his asshole; when I want to keep something safe from Charlie, I hide it deep in my anal c... : massdev
• I am ready to go drinking tonight, too bad I'd need to drive back! : packav
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  UPDATE: Hey guys I found my keys and had some fancy mojito martinis and food with the girls. I now hav... : TreMetal
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    why the fuck are you people copying his twitter updates to the shack? this is fucking stupid. : mwasher
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      He found his keys, End of Thread, no? : TreMetal
      • CRISIS AVERTED! We can go all go home now, thanks for the hard work guys. : nurglich
    • I agree man washa. : packav
    • it's important to follow him to another website and bitch about the posts he makes there. obviously! : JINKY
    • It's pretty amazing. : SenorSpine
• Phil you make some awesome posts but this was not one of them : kill9
• all this thread is missing is a gmd photoshop I wish I had internet stalkers, you guys are awesome : twifosp

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  :( I was gonna go and combine it with my nephew's first birthday (my brother lives in Tampa), but they ... : zebosausamite
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    wtf. i hate you. there will BE no next time. : laurgasms
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      Next time = PUGGLE DEATHMATCH : zebosausamite
      • fine but you have to come to me :( no way in fuck am i driving more than an hour away with that monster. : laurgasms
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    Busch Gardens down there is nasty; what's the name of that Egyptian ride? Montu, I think? Fucker's ins... : MercFox1
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      The last time I went to Busch Gardens was right around a year ago for my birthday. It was so hot I threw ... : laurgasms
      • Yeah, when I was there (several years ago haha) we got there early and there was nobody there, which was ... : MercFox1
      • Giraffes swaying in the breeze put a very vivid image in my mind and I lol'd heartily. Thank you laurgas... : Clasifyd
    • Busch Gardens has some of the best coasters in Florida. Kumba and Montu are both awesome. : hawkeye
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  I've already got my pants off. I can't wait. : Slowtreme
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    You are why we can't have nice things. : laurgasms
    • I disagree. And I have a pocket full of tangerines. : Slowtreme
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  I thought you lived near Titusville isn't that on the other side? : gmd
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    Titusville is about an hour of a half north of us... but yeah, I live on the East coast, we're just going... : laurgasms
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      So, if you're and hour and a half south of Titusville, you're probably like Vero Beach or something? I h... : Clasifyd
      • Port St. Lucie, but close enough. : laurgasms
      • I'm in Melbourne, but very elusive. There's also I think 2 other shackers in Melbourne. I've lost contac... : kikilupo
• I wanna go :( : Galadriel07
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  I live on the panhandle :'( : glio1337
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    And this is a problem how? : Jonathan
    • Gulfport is like 8+ hours away : glio1337
• see you there! : Snuffles-
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  >:[ : kikilupo
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    I'm sorry you are wearing your cranky pants this week. : laurgasms
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      No, I want to go, but it's not possible. :( : kikilupo
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        Unless you're going to pay for me... *cough* : kikilupo
        • yeah i'm in the same boat here. : wetard
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          Uh, sure. We kind of owe you anyway. : laurgasms
          • Nah, yall dont, that dinner was for yalls birthdays. Make it next weekend and I'm good though! :D : kikilupo
• I have to work all day on an animation project, sorry :( : AroundTheFur1380
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  where are the south florida shackers? : handofthrawn
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    There aren't many. I consider us more south florida than anything else... but everyone else is central/no... : laurgasms
    • i know :( i saw a shacker map one time and i think there were maybe 3 of us down here. and all 50 minutes... : handofthrawn
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  just wondering, is this just sit down and say Churrasco Dinner and a bucket of beers please? I'm ok with ... : Slowtreme
  • 1995 Château Petrus Pomerol $4500 o_O : Slowtreme
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    You sit down and say Churrasco Dinner and a bucket of beers please and then you get your fatass up and go... : laurgasms
    • I'm already making room. : Slowtreme
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      who the fuck gets the salad at a churrascaria : Deathlove
      • their potato salad is hella good. : laurgasms
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        Lauren does! : kikilupo
        • Unless it's Texas de Brazil. Stupid herds of people. : laurgasms
    • Just don't dare Slowtreme to eat raw chicken for a $1. : ImageOmega
• laurgasms don't want no scrubs : MoreVespeneGas
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  Anybody drivin down from Georgia? : mojo the helpr monke
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    I could travel the 15 minutes up the road and then drive down if it gets more shackers turning up? : Jonathan
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      I mean I won't but I could say I did! : Jonathan
      • I bet you could be swayed with gas money, lol : Xevo
    • such a trooper : Slowtreme
    • lol this would be tempting if I didn't have company for the weekend. Seems like Lauren picked a bad weeke... : Xevo
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  i'll try to make it : EvilDolemite
  • oh, you were planning on going as well? how bout a carpool? : mwasher
• 7 and a half hours away, still :/ : Ebu

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  It's the WoW overflow. : one random winner
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    I actually found most WoW players helpful, even in general chat asking where a trainer or vendor is typic... : stonedonkey
    • Hehehe, the last time I played WoW was beta, I'm just using a stereotype. : one random winner
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      WoW is mainstream enough that there are normal people on there, DotA is a game for mega-nerds. : Zek
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        I fail to grasp why, your logic is off DOTA contains no type of gameplay other than straight team PVP -... : kainen1
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          Man WoW didn't get where it was without massive mainstream appeal, hardly anybody cares about roleplaying... : Zek
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            "most people don't bend their schedule to fit the game." You must be joking! To be successful in gri... : kainen1
            • If by "be successful" you mean "get the best of everything there is" then sure. Blizzard adds that conten... : Zek
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          Nah, while WOW contains depths of nerdery that can be insane the spectrum contains many more casual playe... : zakazi
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            I believe that your and my definitions of nerds are definitely different. : kainen1
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              having to think in your games makes you a nerd, nerd! : Xanthos
              • saying something like this in defense of dota makes you a nerd : Zek
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                Not at all. However when a game is hostile until you do the required reading that exists in various magic... : zakazi
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                  sorry it still doesn't . Playing WoW like most people do still makes you nerdier in my book. :) : kainen1
                  • Haha, fair enough. I don't play it either. =D : zakazi
• Im not good at all and i havent had to many problems, just goto Noob games, if they bitch about Noobishne... : shadebane
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  People are faggots. It just shows a lot more in HoN because the game thrives on teamwork. If you don't ha... : Xanthos
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    Me, lakren, psigun, kainen, razzle, flammable been doing some different things lately (out of boredom I d... : kgargs
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      haha, that sounds hilarious. I wouldn't mind watching a match like that. Also: are you at least playin... : c0bra
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        We laugh the entire match. A lot of the opposing teams talk crap at first but then when we're pushing th... : kgargs
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          i carry his teams : multisync
          • Weird - your record says otherwise! : kgargs
        • swiftblade is ridiculous. : D45hiz
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  Next time they give you shit, ask if they'd mine taking the time to show you some tips and tricks. If ... : zdiddy85
  • mine = mind :( : zdiddy85
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    when i get the "jesus, you're horrible, give away your beta key" i usually respond with "take the cock ou... : botch
    • I'd modify that a little to "you should be paying more attention to the cock up your ass". : one random winner
    • So you don't mind stooping to their level? : Matt Burris
• If someone calls you a noob or yells at you, admit you are a noob, have no clue what you're doing, and go... : DrZettl
• i tell people flat out at the beginning of rounds... don't rely on me for anything but getting ganked and... : brainchild420
• You just have to get to know some good people and play mostly with them. It really takes the level of fun... : Lexicon_Leidun
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  damn how many threads per day must we get about this? It's like Shack 24/7 HoN hurt feelings thread. L... : kainen1
  • A game that's hard to learn with a shitty, abusive community. Do tell. : capt tripps
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    We've been blessed with a regular team of guys to play with kainen. Take that away and try to jump into ... : kgargs
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      Dude when I first played DOTA I got repeatedly butt raped garena style over and over and over again. But... : kainen1
      • If I was starting from scratch I could see myself uninstalling/not bothering with this. : kgargs
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        Most people are not motivated enough to play this particular game that they're willing to put up with tha... : Zek
        • Not all games are like this....just the ones where you fail to join players equal or even close to your o... : kainen1
• Did you call them fags? : capt tripps
• Degenerate was bitching about this last night while we were playing Tiger. You poor souls. :( : Deathlove
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  it's a game full of faggots : midgetherder
  • sesmaster is not a faggot : Iwannaacura
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  Nothing about this game sounds fun, more like a job. Pass. : Visceral Monkey
  • I died 15 times in my first match, got n00b baited, etc. Still enjoying it. : TShandy
  • how is it like a job (work, time spent, etc)? Each match is 40-60 minutes? : kainen1
  • It's really quite fun. You just have to play shack games. Only had one game where someone just gave up an... : zakazi
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    passing also. constant bitching about an asshole community. even if it's not 100% true, where there's smo... : xxiv
    • the funny thing is that so many people don't talk about all the fun in the game because of the NDA but co... : zakazi
    • Would just like to throw out that I have yet to run across any super assholes or overt pubstomps. I've pl... : Adm.Snackbar
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    It's a fun game, and not unreasonably complex. The problem is the barrier to entry: there is no tuto... : omnova
    • This post encapsulates the issue very, very well. I've begged S2 on the beta forums to include basic tu... : kainen1
  • it's pretty fun even when you get your ass kicked, but like i said it's more fun when the people who kick... : Mr.SEX
  • Oh, the game is great. It's the community that some people have issues with. Playing with shackers and fr... : aaarrrgh
• i played last night. with the huge addition of invites, there was like 20 games listed and bunch said ... : m0rfus
• Well listen i'm pretty much the best player ever, better than flammable and lakren combined, so if you gu... : hirosushima
• In my ranting thread about the community a developer replied to the following: "Originally Posted by V : ElPopo
• There is alot of QQ in this thread. : D45hiz
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  What is HoN and Dota? : baronzemo78
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    Heroes of Newerth. Defense of the Ancients (a warcraft III map) : Jimb0v2
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      So is this game a MMO or RTS? : baronzemo78
      • Not really either. A blend of a lot of things. Feels a bit like an RTS, maybe a bit like an MMO (that las... : zakazi
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  OFF-TOPIC I'm having similar issues with Left4Dead, because like HoN, it's a team-based game... When ... : etherboy
  • this is why you play with shackers, they tell you things while you play and help you out. : CoRDS
  • That's something that kept me from playing much Left4Dead. It's a brilliant game but I'll only play it wi... : zakazi
  • I grief any L4D game where I'm told I suck, or some asshole tries to micromanage what I'm doing because h... : Ride-My-Rocket
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  Everyone complaining about HoN. Please read this: http://forums.dota-allstars.com/index.php?showtopic... : pancake humper
  • Testimonial: I never played DotA in my life and I read this and now people call me pro (enough). : JarEme
  • fantastic links. thanks. : kainen1
• i was kicked from a few games in the lobby. i haven't tried since. : pandastrong

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• You fucked yourself when you said 360 instead of PC. You don't need a real life gaming friend, you have t... : VectorJKL
• start practicing. : rmjackson
• Stay the course. : zebosausamite
• I say hit that. You just might like that dirty taste. : Anastomosis
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  just play it, and he starts with all the "OMG U R TEH SUXXORZ" just tell him you play it on the PC mainly... : Dschinghis Khan
  • OK I will try to find out if he is playing 4 or WaW. I cant buy any new games for at least a month. My... : Lightzout
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    Kboard + mouse 4 lyfe : loboca
    • fo sho : Dschinghis Khan
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  you are so wrong about COD sucking on live. :( : FormerHPB
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    OK I should re-phrase that as I suck at CoD on Live : Lightzout
    • That sounds much better. : FormerHPB
• Uhh... play games with the dude, who gives a shit what platform it's on. If he's not a fun guy to play g... : boarder2
• Honestly, that guy would have annoyed the hell out of me. Avoid. : virus
• If I hang out with someone, it's not to play games, that always seems really homogay weird. I think main... : devi| dog
• You are greatly overthinking this. Just go over and play. So what if you lose badly? You can also maybe g... : Attica Blue
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  Do PCs come with monocles or do Shackers buy them separately? : UselessHack
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    www.monoclesforyoupc.com : Agrona
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      i clicked and was very disappointed at the lack of monacles :( : lja83
      • I clicked too. =( : Agrona
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  So basically he really likes playing a certain game on a certain platform and wanted to share his interes... : Begawkiness
  • ^^^ this * 100 : byorn
  • Except PC > 360. This is mathematical. : MercFox1
  • Yeah, the PC is great but you don't have to treat enthusiastic console gamers like they're trying to infe... : DinK
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    I said he seems really cool. You are one of those really sensitive console guys huh? : Lightzout
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      lol no, I own a very competent PC that I have put at least 2 hours into every night the past 2 weeks play... : Begawkiness
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        were you trying to prove or disprove his point : Audhuml4
        • I guess I succeeded at both =\ : Begawkiness
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  my wife also has a friend she met through my son's day care. her husband, while a really nice guy doesnt ... : cptstern
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    I don't drink either AND I'm a Man. I have shattered your reality. You will never recover. : kek
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      you're not a man, you just pretend to be one on the internets. I'm a cowboy! : cptstern
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        Which one are you? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x68vJxc0pAM : kek
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          definately catcher to your pitcher : cptstern
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            I probably have a shot at this, just need to supply lots of beer. : kek
            • fuck that, if I'm on the recieving end I dont want you all drunk and accidentily putting it in my ear : cptstern
    • You're a "male", but if you don't drink beer you're not a man. Sucks. : fishbone
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    Dude, I dont drink beer, ever and there is a sixer mixer of Dogtown, Hefeweisen and Mexi beer becuase I ... : Lightzout
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      I meant in my fridge waiting for a hobo or a shacker to wander by in need of a coldie : Lightzout
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        see? this MAN knows what it's about (although to be fair you got -50 man points for not drinking beer but... : cptstern
        • Here is what a friend told me and I think its true. We are all born with XXX #'s of beers to drink. I ... : Lightzout
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          I don't drink often anymore but I always keep beer for my buds : kgargs
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            tbh I rarely drink (family life has me by the boo-boo) however if guests are coming to your house and tho... : cptstern
            • insanity obviously : kgargs
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      you don't drink? WTF there is a mandatory six drink minimum for DoD, you know this. : Dschinghis Khan
      • Dude I get the heavily medicated bro brain damage exemption. I have the scripts and a note from Dr. Alco... : Lightzout
• I just started playing CoD4 again on Live, it's like putting on your old favorite hat. I'm mainly focuse : HojuSimpson
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  TLDR: I met a guy who likes games, should I play games with him? Yes or No? : byorn
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    They have a pool. His wife's boobs might be bigger than my wifes but I cant be sure unless said Sunday ... : Lightzout
    • you need to mention this in the original post. you cannot hide boob chat for subthreads. : Xanthos
    • dude, pics. WTF : Dschinghis Khan
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  People who play FPS's on consoles are lesser human beings. Kill him, rape his wife. (p.s p... : NukemFornever
  • She has a certain I could kill you at any moment hotness about her. : Lightzout
• Man up and get a 360, then go 0wn him. :) : Endymion_
• Convert him to PC. : Marrbe
• play cod4 with the rpd + juggernaut + last stand and he will love you : spiderfill
• People like that you just say PC gamer dood. : chilln
• shit i would be happy if i could find a real-life friend who gamed like him : EvilDolemite
• Admit that you were overwhelmed and baffled by his quick banter. The pressure of only having two console ... : MoreVespeneGas
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  11,000 posts and you can't even "bro down" with another gamer in real life? Jesus H Christ man, I'd think... : grandmasterlee
  • Fucking LOL : ArcKnight
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  you should have just said "Wii", then he'd hate you forever : TPSReport
  • he's trying to bro-down with shia labeouf ? : hirez
• the fact that you refer to this as a bro down misses the point, if he dominates you, which he probably wi... : thebigbinky
• I may still be friends with the guy, but I will not ever be caught dead playing a multiplayer FPS on a co... : InfoBiter

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  no : kbnerd
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    But why? : hashd
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      i'm just not in the mood. : kbnerd
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        I have a headache. : ejectorpod
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          And really, what more is there to say or debate? It is what it is. It's disappointing to me, and I don't ... : geedeck
          • Who says we have to debate anything there is plenty to talk about. : hashd
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            Pretty much this: It's disappointing, won't really change anything in the long run (except PHOTN becoming... : MercFox1
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              Yep! So really what are you looking to talk about hashd? I mean if you have something specific on your mi... : geedeck
              • Why not talk about Eve the thread yesterday generated a lot of hype and more people logged on yesterday t... : hashd
          • lol : loboca
• No thanks. : deadhorse
• maybe : ejectorpod
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  I was logged on but I didn't get anything done due to other crap going on at home last night. Maybe I ca... : melkore
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    Didnt really miss much last night a lot of warping around trying not to get caught in a station camp lol ... : hashd
    • Yeah I was zipping around Hisou checking things out for a bit, then got bored. : ejectorpod
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      There was a station camp last night and I missed it!!!?? : m0rfus
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        Yeah where were you? : hashd
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          dont worry, you'll see me tonight : m0rfus
          • I may be a neut I have no idea if I am gonna get the boot or not..... : hashd
• All signs point to Sweden. : Ride-My-Rocket
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  f u fags i'm out : cpt_gloval
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    haven't really been happy with carebear life, i am looking into faction warfare but it looks like i have ... : cpt_gloval
    • good luck dude! : ejectorpod
    • FW is a good way to lose a lot of ships. I haven't heard how the Amarr and MIn FW has been but Caldari h... : melkore
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      Why not talk to NWS then and still play with shackers? : hashd
      • yeah i'll probably drop DF a line next time i'm on. starting back at L1 missions in Min space makes the b... : cpt_gloval
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  So, it seems that Reptile and NWS will never "approve" of PHOTN continuing in its current incarnation, wh... : MisterPhoton
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    o7 : AlexXdude
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      Alex, we need to sync up. I'm at work so I can't SM, but we still have "business" to attend to. : MercFox1
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        get on gchat! : AlexXdude
        • Gmail is blocked and I hate GChat. : MercFox1
  • wow, gay. : re-verse
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    Affirmative, leader. What will we do about assets? I recommend everything going to ejector or hashd, whic... : MercFox1
    • Hashd is joining NWS, so no : MisterPhoton
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      ejectorpod is moving soon and will be away for a while and hashd and I expressed our interest in joining ... : AlexXdude
      • Well fuck then if this is what's happening. I guess I will follow you gents to NWS, but while their leade... : MercFox1
      • Nah I'm going to keep my account, I can do whatever just won't be playing hardcore, but i can login etc. : ejectorpod
      • I would have been interested in joining NWS until this latest stunt. Frankly I have no idea whats going o... : soapyfrog
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      in regards to the assets, I'll be keeping those for when I can come back to the game full-time and open a... : MisterPhoton
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        I had a lot of my own personal stuff in there but whatever I can handle the loss. : hashd
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          why were you storing personal stuff in the corp hangar? : MisterPhoton
          • It was in there from when I got all our shit out of repo there was just too much to sort through when the... : hashd
      • that kinda sucks, I would just put any modules I found in there. : Juno
  • I thought you were set to negative until debts were repayed. : melkore
  • That's pretty lame. I haven't been following PHOTN's endeavors but this is a sad thing. : Modica Sol Solis
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    This is such a fucking lame situation. Apparently we have to feed Reptile and his NWS crew or else we can... : geedeck
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      Unfortunately the whole story is not out here for all the shack to see. There is more to this than what y... : hashd
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        I want to know it all! : re-verse
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          I would suggest speaking with the 2 main people =) : hashd
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            i want to read the story here with minimal human interaction! : re-verse
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              The rise and fall of an empire! : hashd
              • hashd holler at me let's chat before you go to NWS or whatever. : ejectorpod
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        Oh what, someone borrowed some resources so the everyone in the corp gets attacked? Please, I would love ... : geedeck
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          you could just ban them BAN THEM ALL DO IT FIRE TORPEDOES! : tashtego
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            No, I want to hear these awesome explanations and revelations that make this kosher like sexninja's johns... : geedeck
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              even if they did, i think you're well beyond the point of listening. : Joseph
              • I'm not, I'd be interested in hearing the "full story" from both sides. I don't expect that to happen but... : ejectorpod
      • if you're talking about m0rfus's tower, that's already taken care of, and has been for some time. Its jus... : MisterPhoton
    • I'm a little worried that without guild tools built into the shack it won't be too long before guilds wil... : Jonathan
    • I agree. This kind of internecine fighting is just not worth it. : soapyfrog
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      it's just a game dude. it's seriously like whining at someone for them shooting you in the face in counte... : JINKY
      • also if i went back to eve one of the very first things i would do is go kill shackers : JINKY
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      Welcome to EVE. : nitrus
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        Consider that Shack > EVE. Then consider your next post. : Jonathan
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          lol : loboca
          • I have no doubt that you would have me murdered in front of my family for a shitty implant. : Ride-My-Rocket
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          PHOTN sealed their own fate....as does everyone else in EVE. Shack > EVE means nothing when the corpor... : nitrus
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            lol this from the NWS noisemaker. : MercFox1
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              nitrus isn't NWS : Reptile
              • he seems to make a lot of noise in your favor. :( : MercFox1
            • nitrus isn't even in NWS. : mindfk
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            what's great about eve drama is that when you stir it up, more people log in. :) : cpt_gloval
            • So true we had more on last night than anytime in the last month! : hashd
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            Lol..... Tldr: we played first. We own all rights to shack related eve stuff. We feel slighted becaus... : fr0x
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              Hey look! Bait! Nice one. Also, completely false. : nitrus
              • Except it's what exactly you said.... Let me lay out your points.... 1) photon is a liar and "yelling" ... : fr0x
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            Well, that seems a little skewed. Lots of help was accepted, on an individual basis, from PHOTN members. ... : ejectorpod
            • I would agree mostly with what you say here as I have tried to help the odd member in the Shacknews chann... : nitrus
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              a lot of butthurt originated from that first day of the first wardec that started everything, when no off... : MisterPhoton
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                Group hug! *passes around the "peace" pipe* : nitrus
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                  i can't smoke but i promise i won't leave backwash in the beer : Joseph
                  • I am with you I will grab a sixer! : hashd
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                All I heard from PHOTN members after I was gone for the weekend was, NWS isn't helping us, they suck. Kin... : loboca
                • who said that? : MisterPhoton
          • Shack > EVE means that while stuff done in EVE may be acceptable in EVE, don't be surprised if you're tho... : Jonathan
      • Welcome to the Shack? lol : MercFox1
      • you are my fucking hero. : m0rfus
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      That was to be the original agreement with PHOTN, which obviously didn't happen. That will not be the ... : Reptile
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        lol His local was like a christmas tree last night! : hashd
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          i jumped into a station system not long ago out in drone regions that had a laaaaarge group of reds it in... : Joseph
          • Hahahaha that last sentence is great. : hashd
      • lol Source not disclosed == Hashd; we know he's PVP and we love him for that, and I think I will be follo... : MercFox1
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      you really think this is all because we are butt-hurt that photon didn't become just a feeder corp for NW... : mindfk
      • still doesn't explain a strategicly-retarded wardec. : MercFox1
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        I disagree with a lot, agree with a lot, and am not sure about a lot. But whatever. What's done is don... : ejectorpod
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          i'd love to hear what you disagree with because, like i said, this is just my perspective of the whole si... : mindfk
          • let's chat in game sometime! I have the feeling that posting it here would just really get out of control... : ejectorpod
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        So tl;dr, you guys didn't like the way our corporation was run or that we didn't consult you with every m... : geedeck
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          no, more like it was completely and utterly possible for both shack corps to co-exist peacefully and even... : mindfk
          • there was plenty of co-existing peacefully until you wardec'd PHOTN in an effort to "prove" certain membe... : MisterPhoton
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            Did you guys ever figure out that if you just left us alone to figure things out (which we were), both co... : MercFox1
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              Clearly they have plenty more experience, so why would we want to be permitted to have our own time of le... : geedeck
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                this is the attitude that pisses me off. there's a difference between taking your own time learning an... : mindfk
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                  And the reason your attitude is ridiculous, is that you're applying wide labels to everyone. Some people ... : geedeck
                  • ^^^^^^^ : fr0x
                  • it isn't the actions of the individual members that i'm talking about. it's the decisions made by the lea... : mindfk
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            actually, i take that back. i think i understand the mentality of not wanting to be just a "feeder" corp ... : mindfk
            • I never had a problem with people leaving PHOTN of their own volition to head somewhere else - what I alw... : MisterPhoton
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              You guys use photn leadership a lot. Keep in mind the leadership wasn't one person, it was a group of peo... : ejectorpod
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                wow internet fail. Anyway, what I meant to add is that yeah I had my opinions about NWS, but I don't e... : ejectorpod
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                  that's effectively what you said by joining a 0.0 alliance that didn't have a NAP with our alliance. : mindfk
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                    That was 2-3 months ago (give or take)? Has that action simmered this long? : fr0x
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                      like i said before, i'm not even attempting to explain the reasoning behind the current war dec. that's n... : mindfk
                      • which has no bearing on the decision to war dec btw since my opinion has nothing at all to do with that. : mindfk
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        Your post is all well and good but answers absolutely nothing as far as now deciding to go after photon. ... : fr0x
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          that is not my department at all and it wasn't the intent of my post to try to explain it. all i was tryi... : mindfk
          • That's fair, but I think the reasoning behind the dec is the crux of this whole thread (as I don't believ... : fr0x
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      this is problem with forums and web sites geedeck, no one knows 100% of the story. you only get bits and : m0rfus
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        LIES this is obviously a trick to get us to think they are decent people when in fact I hear they kill ca : ejectorpod
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          Yes, m0rfus loves to get pounded... Ask him about the gangbang in stain : Reptile
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            HOT DROPPPPPPPPP!!!!!! : m0rfus
            • that shit was funny. especially reptile already in warp to help before he learned exactly what you were g... : mindfk
  • No chance in putting the board back up for us to discuss things? I'm not talking about the decision to c... : fr0x
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    Well, we had a good run with it. Sorry I haven't been on lately, but I will be in the shackchan, so hit m... : BongSlayerB
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      Good deal BSB, that mission mining op we had during that Wardec was epic win. : MercFox1
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        heh, yeah. I doubt I will fit in w/ NWS, so maybe later this month I'll startup a small mining corp or so... : BongSlayerB
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          Let me know BSB, my alt just picked up his Hulk and will be flying that as soon as I'm settled in Seattle... : ejectorpod
          • right on. we will see how things go from here, but I'll track ya' down for some mining nomnomnom sometime : BongSlayerB
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    give me my isk first! : zerog83
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      your CEO burned that bridge for you, why should we repay debts owed to an enemy? : MisterPhoton
      • yeah, that's good of you. quit playing the game and don't even pay me back the isk you owe. : zerog83
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  What is the current state of the EVE universe? The last I remember the BoB director came over to the g... : stgdz
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    What's left of bob is in empire waiting for the groups that pushed them out of 0.0 to hopefully turn on e... : semaphore
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      I really am in awe sometimes when I read about all the shit going on in this game. : hashd
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        yeah its pretty cool how this all plays out, there was some little wars at the beging, people tech upped ... : stgdz
        • The sociological, economic, and historical value of EvE gets pretty staggering at a certain point. Watchi... : MercFox1
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  Like I was just saying in corp chat (before we're all booted in a couple hours), we need to have ONE shac... : cygnus
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    in this subthread we think of shack carebear corp names : Lunaran
    • good idea! : cygnus
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      Lunaran Ventures? : ejectorpod
      • I don't have the cognitive capacity to lead! : Lunaran
    • Don't hurt me, mommy? : Agrona
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    I'd stand behind ratalon, he's a cool dude. : pwnage1232
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      Rat would be a good leader for you all. : hashd
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        rofl, it's already "you all" :) : Lunaran
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          Well im not a miner so I will be off to pvp land whoever I end up with I guess is still up in the air. : hashd
          • I know, I'm teasing. <3 <3 <3 HASHD <3 <3 <3 : Lunaran
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            we must stick together hashd! : AlexXdude
            • Hey d00d just because I'm not home yet doesn't mean I'm not interested in forming up with you two. : MercFox1
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              We will!!!!! : hashd
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                and MercFox too! : AlexXdude
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                  Yeah yeah *grumble grumble* lol : MercFox1
                  • Hahaha dont worry little buddy! : hashd
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  Things are getting kind of heated farther up in this thread. This subthread is for positive thinking. ... : ZTac
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    Its all puppy dogs and rainbows in my eyes! : hashd
    • Space puppy dogs and space rainbows, yes. : ZTac
    • That's cuz you're like this :S right now : MercFox1
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  lmao this is so full of fail. shackers lolling at forcing others to quit. :( : Downforce
  • Dark times are upon us. : Sailor of Fortune
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  quick question, what shackers are actually a part of NWS? : mwasher
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    reptile, loboca, sanchez, mindfk, semaphore, m0rfus and um. yea. fuck i'm forgetting some i think : Joseph
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      dur, and myself : Joseph
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        How many members do you have have in game? : MercFox1
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          50 i think : Joseph
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            Oh wow that was more then I expected, are you guys pretty good at coordinating and stuff? : MercFox1
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              do you mean like corp ops or just general pvp coordination? pvp coordination is pretty good when we had o... : Joseph
              • it does, sort of, I'm just wondering if everyone is mostly on the same page when it comes to day-to-day s... : MercFox1
          • yeah EVE corp info says 50 : AlexXdude
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      so there were a lot more actual shackers in Photon. why is NWS even considered the shack corp again? : mwasher
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        because there are shackers in it. NWS has been around for awhile, PHOTON had like 100 members, but after ... : AlexXdude
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          Um no dude we didn't drop below 20 active players until like...late may/early june. prior to that we were... : ejectorpod
          • Yeah that's true, you're right. I only joined in early March I think : AlexXdude
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        For starters they were created first as a Shack corp. They also own and operate the Shacknews ingame cha... : nitrus
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          "Then entered PHOTN" so ominous! Photon also brought in 40+ shackers new to the game who enjoyed play... : mwasher
          • NWS is all shackers, I told you that i wasn't remembering everyone. Also remember that there are a couple... : Joseph
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            People were informed during the forming of PHOTN that there was an existing and veteran corporation from ... : nitrus
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              dude, just stop. The reason PHOTN members didn't join NWS is because we wanted to be in Empire at that... : MisterPhoton
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                Because I *do* know. NWS had an empire corp for n00bs. You're funny. : nitrus
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                  Well, I was playing EVE way back before the PHOTON business started. And Reptile didn't really encourage ... : Modica Sol Solis
                  • The NWS empire corp was not active (it existed, iltc or gcr), because we rarely had more than one or two ... : loboca
                  • Guess I might as well toss in another .02 Correct, I did not encourage people to rush into 0.0 simply ... : Reptile
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                  An inactive Corp......super usefull. Keep spewing like anyone but nws believes a word of it : fr0x
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                    Haha, it wouldn't have been inactive if everyone had joined, now would it. NWS has always had an empi... : loboca
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                      So, because they wouldn't join your inactive Corp that's why nws is butt-hurt? Just lookin for the reaso... : fr0x
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                        Hahah, the level of maturity in that fucking corp is a joke. Go jerk off on your forums. : loboca
                        • whoa whoa whoa I make one joke about you guys killing cats. : ejectorpod
                        • Oh no....don't run plz :( : fr0x
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                      Yeah, but that empire component was never relevant. When Photon started, Reptile was like "that's cool, y... : geedeck
                      • It's an irrelevant conversation until/unless nws wants to share a reason Envious of photon being conside... : fr0x
                      • MisterPhoton wanted to do his own thing, he started his own corp, generated interest on the shack, and ... : loboca
                      • perhaps this is true that it was not offered at the get go for the empire corp. there might have been a ... : nitrus
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              Pretty sure geedeck is going to ban you at some point. : MercFox1
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                Lol for what? Spite? : nitrus
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                  Because you spew a ridiculous amount of bullshit and turn Shackers against one another. That's worthy of ... : MercFox1
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                    I have not done any of this you speak of. I have tried to set records straight and defend people that we... : nitrus
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                      Oh come on, quit being so self righteous, NWS doesn't need your defense and never will. And you've steppe... : MercFox1
                      • LMAO lokkdown? You've got to be joking? He hasn't even been in PHOTN more than a month.....ABAHAHAHAHAH... : nitrus
                      • hello. i dont play eve anymore. and i think nitrus will admit here that the info i told him was really no... : lokdown
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                    Ahahahhah. Everything he has been saying has been absolutely true. And just because NWS ppl don't want to... : loboca
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                      Oh lobo, I'm cool with NWS so far, but our little drama war? Since when did we dec you guys? And I did... : MercFox1
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                        Yet somehow people keep coming out and telling you and everyone else that everything I have said is compl... : nitrus
                        • More nobody is giving details, just doing that bullshit "but you don't know the whole story!" cop out. : ArcKnight
                        • LOL HAY GUYZ I CAN RELAY PAST EVENTZS. Good job, nitrus you just passed history class. mindfk said earlie... : MercFox1
                  • I'm not going to ban anyone for anything that isn't in the guidelines OLOLO THAT'LL BE A FIRST AMIRITE, I... : geedeck
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              LOL what? I was a member of ILTK before it closed due to war IIRC (or maybe I was kicked cuz I was in ... : ejectorpod
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                It was ILTC, and no one was kicked from it. It was never in any wars, etc. The reason it was disbanded wa... : loboca
                • I stand corrected on a very small piece of the timeline. Lol. : nitrus
                • (and yes, it was i love the khack or whatever, I was just clarifying the ticker.) : loboca
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                  Oh maybe I was thinking GCR was the one that I was kicked from? : ejectorpod
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                    Uhh, GCR hadn't had anyone active for YEARS. Maybe kicked from NWS (I have no idea if you were in it), bu... : loboca
                    • Yeah sorry was confusing because I was once a member of both ILTC and NWS in the past year. : ejectorpod
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                    Hm, yeah I don't remember the exact details...I was in ILTC but didn't get a ton of support, moved to NWS... : ejectorpod
                    • I would agree. From mwasher's post above, why this whole sub-thread got started, regarding why NWS is... : loboca
            • I don't give a fuck who created what first, but what makes the two mutually exclusive? : mwasher
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              this is why I didn't join NWS, you guys sound like assholes. : cdbeckman
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                As mentioned elsewhere in the thread, nitrus isn't in NWS. : loboca
                • He sure as hell is speaking for NWS a lot. : geedeck
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      Hey I'm in there too damnit! : melkore
      • yea, sorry :( I'm not real good at linking game names with shack names, and my memory is good for fuck-al... : Joseph
    • *raises hand* : zerog83
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  i've never played eve but always find it fascinating how it always seems to evolve into people hating one... : [fry]
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    You mean like every online game? :P : Godhatesfatpeople
    • Dude, Urban Dead. : Ride-My-Rocket
  • You should play [fry] so I can start hating you, there are some very cool things about it. Ya just gotta ... : MercFox1
  • I've been flying with the same group of guys for the better part of 3 years. : nitrus
  • I dont hate anyone! : hashd
  • i think it's kinda inevitable when you toss a bunch of relatively anonymous people into a sandbox-style g... : mindfk
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    Guilds are like magnets for queeny nerds to start prancing their little drama dances around. : Rauol Duke
    • querds? : Dave-A
  • i like clan-free FPS online gaming because even the worst behavior and teammates are erased after 10-30 m : EvilDolemite
  • i consider the paranoia and finger-pointing to be a compelling aspect to the game. i probably wouldn't be... : cpt_gloval
  • This is pretty tame really. The WoW guild I was in had all sorts of BS much worse - ethnic tensions, big ... : dooberzoo
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  lol I haven't been paying attention to this because I don't play eve. But knowing this all revolves aroun... : Slowtreme
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    Slowtreme, I usually put up with this from you, but this is one time you really don't know what the hell ... : geedeck
    • Ohhh, but the rest of us would love to hear the story, especially if there is a history! : loboca
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      I absolutely don't know whats going on, I just see MMO drama, and a person that made for some drama back ... : Slowtreme
      • yeah, it was my coworker, and had nothing to do with me. I quit WoW at roughly the same time as joining t... : MisterPhoton
  • Go on. I want to hear this! : Link.
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  beautiful EVE thread <3 : m0rfus
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    <3 m0rfus YARR!!! : nitrus
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      What ships do you normally fly in 0.0 nitrus? : ejectorpod
      • Currently an Ishtar and a Rapier for spare. But, what I do right now is drastically different than the r... : nitrus
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      seriously dude...brav-fucking-O!! /standing ovation : m0rfus
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        this is like when the frat bros cheer each other on for drinking 30 beers in one night. : ejectorpod
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          haha. just need reptile to come in with the paddle and start spanking them. : mwasher
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            Oh god I dont want to see that.... : hashd
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              liar. :) : nitrus
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                Damn caught with my pants down. : hashd
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                  not a first for you though right? : ejectorpod
                  • lol your right there should be an again at the end of that! : hashd
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    Lol you think? It like some kind of giant car wreck that you cant stop looking at! : hashd
    • some people are really up in arms. I made my peace last night flying around Hiso, saying goodbye to PHOTN... : ejectorpod
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    It keeps crashing latestchatty on refresh :( : fr0x
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      I think this thread might buffer overflow WinChatty at some point. : MercFox1
      • hasnt on me yet!! i keep going back through and laughing at various points i missed : m0rfus
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  FUCKIN STOMPLOBO lololollololol : Downforce
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    seriously, when i saw the list of shackers in NWS i laughed out loud. some things never change. : the_doctor
    • hahahah damn straight brotha if only you would yell at these EvE pansies lololol : Downforce
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  I have no involvement in EvE Online, but I would like to add that I have no respect for the conduct of th... : LoioshDwaggie
  • Woohoo, our work here is done! : loboca
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    thanks for the input! : mindfk
    • by the way, you might as well have said "as someone who has no idea what the fuck whatsoever, i have an o... : mindfk
  • i was disappointed by your face : m0rfus
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    as a member of PHOTN, i am disappointed by all the QQ : cpt_gloval
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      too much QQ regardless of corp membership. time for beers and bro-hugs (no gay stuff) : Joseph
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        how come you're always the one always advocating the bro-hugs? and penis touching : mindfk
        • because I am a friendly guy! : Joseph
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      There is no more Photon we all got the boot today! : hashd
      • nice, i didn't have to wait the 24 hours after all! ;p : cpt_gloval
  • Hooray! : melkore
  • I have no involvement in this thread, but I would like to add that I have no respect for the conduct of : esad
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  Soooo... EVE business as usual? : noodleboy723
  • pretty much! : mindfk
  • SRSLY BIG BUSINESS : m0rfus
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    Someone please summarize all this for me? I've read all of the above and I'm actually in PHOTN and I sti... : Lunaran
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      no big deal. if eve doesn't breed drama and animosity, well then you're doing it wrong ;p : cpt_gloval
      • I can't tell if NWS are ill-intentioned towards otherwise happy carebears, or if Mr. Photon is being petu... : Lunaran
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  So are former members of PHOTN targets of NWS or are we free to go off and do our own stuff without the r... : NFXFSX
  • If you're not in photon anymore then we can't shoot you : sanchez
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    There are 2 members in PHOTN right now. Everyone else got kicked. : MercFox1
    • If Snackbar is still in there, boot his ass. : jonin
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    Posting from, can't log in for couple of hours. If Photon kicked everyone and disbanded the CORP, then t... : m0rfus
    • I miss WinChatty already. :( : m0rfus
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      PHOTN wasn't disbanded last I checked, just everyone except 2 people were kicked from the corp. : AlexXdude
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        I missed rights on one person, so the corp won't be dissolved for another 24 hours. oops. I still need... : MisterPhoton
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          also, anyone want to buy a 26 mil sp character that can fly recons, command ships, exhumers, an orca, and... : MisterPhoton
          • zerog83 wants his investment back : sanchez
          • Are you fucking kidding me dude? I tried to be civil and stay out of all the nonsense that went on with t... : hashd
          • that seems pretty silly. : cygnus
          • you might want to give back the assets people own before you start selling them : cygnus
          • I didn't know it was possible. You have out douched Dragonfang. Ill buy your char, as payment you get... : Ratalon
          • OK, everyone's a tool in eve. : cdbeckman
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      "She turned me into a neut!" : Lunaran
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        Lol nicely done! : hashd
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          I shoulda joined NWS. : Vividvoid
          • Welcome to this mornings thread hit me up fool! : hashd

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  Oh, also actually start from the beginning and read the whole thing. Don't skim or skip. It's so worth it... : notd665
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    that sure is a lot of words... can I just start with a few, and work my way up? : drucifer
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      I bet I can read 100 words. : tinfoilhatter
      • Well, I certainly applaud anyone wanting to eat 100 words, but take it from this old gym rat, I've spent ... : zerog83
• I admit it; I loled. I'm not proud of it though... : mn3m0n1c
• pretty funny : retardhumper
• lol not bad : Edges
• amusing :) : breadsticks
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  We don't have the attention spam for something that meta. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • span, lovely span! : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • I thought parody posts like that were banned years ago :( : pyide
  • I think he's saying his card can't take it. : AxeMan808
  • I bet I can eat 100 spams : Goblin au
• I loled, then again how many times have we done this on the shack? : Slowtreme
• clever girl... : c0bra
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  reddit comments are the closest to shacknews of anywhere I've been on the internets : datoo
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    What I don't like about their chat system is that the "most voted" comments float to the top of each subt... : OverloadUT
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      You can change the sorting at the top of a comments page. It remembers that setting. : rock elf
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        Yeah, but the damage is already done. A lot of people don't read further down in the comments because the... : OverloadUT
        • Yeah, I've noticed that it can be hard to get noticed if you come, say, 12 hours late to a story. The def... : rock elf
    • i love that system, i would downvote you right now if i could : Sixcos
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  I quite like reddit. It's also quite weird how many similarities there are between reddit's humour and th... : rock elf
  • so thats where he went : Slowtreme
• I lol'd heartily : ColoradoCNC
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  blocked at work can someone mirror it? : bRAINsick
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    http://www.reddit.com/comments/6nz1k/got_six_weeks_try_the_hundred_push_ups_training/c04ehte : rock elf
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      lol wut how is that a mirror? : JJDX
      • I went one better. : rock elf
• hahahhahahaha : kpxkrnjc
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  LOL, if that was the shack, the thread would have been nuked out of the orbit : X-GOUKI
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    huh? I've seen much worse on the shack. : thrallie200
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      im sure there have been, but in small doses. you can't even say "she's cheating on you w/out getting... : X-GOUKI
      • and apparently I suck @ quotation marks : X-GOUKI
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        rightfully so, that catchphrase was run into the fucking ground : fishbone
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          WAIT, She cheating on you is nukable? WHAT THE FUCK LOLS : Slowtreme
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            i got a week ban for it : datoo
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              hahahaha what the fuck : virus
              • I know right? only a week? : zerog83
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              to be fair you admitted that you did it just because Ajax said not to : mikecyb
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                the mods here are fascists!!!! : datoo
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                  that's not true umax is libertarian! : mikecyb
                  • touche! : datoo
        • I truly believe the Shacknews chatties are where internet memes go to die. : Mmmmmoo
      • that shit is old meme son OLD MEME : Dravenport
      • Don't worry, it makes the post funnier. It takes a sneaky bitch to cheat on you without getting nuked. : qaldar
  • that exact thing has happened a couple times here. most of the time people mess it up or don't know when... : mikecyb
• Oh god that's reddit for you. : MercFox1
• I think it's easier for them cause they've got the voting shit. Doesn't it filter low posts? : yakz
• oh jesus. : orgcaptainnemo
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  shack would have turned it into a pun subthread : [fry]
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    how would we ever flip exercise and burgers into puns? : pharom
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      yeah I couldn't imagine sandwiching them into that thread. : bRAINsick
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        this is a sub-par thread : mrvandelay
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          Your opinion has no weight. : Utopia
          • You don't have to get all up in his grill about it. : J4NUS
        • hey dont tread..mill on this sub thread : fathertime
        • It's making me grimace. : o0JediBeavis0o
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    pun threads are even more common at reddit than here : datoo
    • Wanna cheer up? Have a fry, kid : pharom
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  it's so much easier to troll good advice then actually get up off your papa john ass and do something phy... : peat
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    it's so much easier to troll good advice then actually get up off your papa john ass and do something met... : massdev
    • you really got me good LOL : peat
• this is awesome. : bakanoodle
• LOL : Mr. Goodwrench

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  I'm hemorrhaging money with a shaky employment future and the last thing I need is another game. OTOH I q... : boomstickah
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    It's pretty damn good on the pub servers so I'm thinking it's going to be even better with Shack sqauds. ... : Haku-Jin
    • Based on the 2 squads I was on yesterday, enjoyment of this game will primarily be in the form of raping ... : Xevo
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  Dogfighting is insane amounts of fun. I can't believe no one tried to rip off BF1942 in the mean time. : marmite
  • Warhawk and its awesome : razlebol
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  Indeed. Very awesome. By the way, is there any way onto a carrier from the water? I don't see any carg... : pigvomit
  • I don't know I haven't tried to get back onto a carrier yet. I only had time to log about an hour last n... : Haku-Jin
  • no, if you're in the water near a carrier you're best off suiciding and picking the carrier as your respa... : Xevo
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  I only got to play the tutorial :( hopefully will get someone online play today. Also, I suck at flying! : glory hole
  • it's hard to get used to using the two stick for flying. I'm so used to the twist action of my joystick. : thejay247
• It is indeed fucking awesome. I'm hoping once they add more servers we can get a full shacker private mat... : AgentPothead
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  I finally got into a game this morning! It's fucking n00b tastic! Frothing XBOX Live morons running aro : RyDogg1
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    I saw a bit of that but for the most part people seemed to be playing fairly well. I kept issuing comman... : Haku-Jin
    • voice commands aren't really needed when you have Squad and party VOIP. : Xevo
  • sounds like battlefield 1942, tbh : dantastic
  • yes it does, I'm in : kainen1
  • In my two hours I saw virtually none of this. : Milleh
  • that just means that if you get 3 other people you know with you in a squad you will dominate the server ... : OrkO
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  It was great when I finally got into a game by piggy-backing Normality. I do hope they make it easier to ... : ChibiJosh
  • LOL I saw that! Glad I was able to help! : Normality
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  I can't wait for this to come out on the PC : NukemFornever
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    Same here. I'm hoping they've made a few tweaks, such as increasing the player count to at least 32. I do... : UtilityMaximizer
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      Question for the Xbox 360 players: Does the game feel deep like BF1942 did? I mean, mastering any one rol... : UtilityMaximizer
      • it captures what was fun about 1942 I feel. There's still balancing issues though, and I'm not sure it's... : kainen1
      • i second these questions! also, i really want to play 1942 but i'm not sure where my disks are. : kbnerd
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        It's not as deep as 1942 was back in the day. It's more arcade-ish now imo. Also, the destructible env... : NukemFornever
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          have you played bad company? : dantastic
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            After Red Faction, the frostbite stuff is a bit dissapointing, but definitly better than nothing. : Milleh
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              Frostbite's biggest appeal to be was the audio. When a plane flies over you in this game it's awesome. : Sailor of Fortune
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                True, the audio in BC/1943 is quite awesome. : Milleh
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                  I find the audio to be crackly, and poor. Am I missing a setting or something? All my other games sound a... : pun][sher
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                    I actually thought the sound design, while being the same cool volume changes and doppler stuff that BC h... : Xevo
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                      Probably to save on DL size? : pun][sher
                      • yeah that's what I'm thinking, there still is a maximum size, and I think that may be causing some of the... : Xevo
      • No, not as deep, but for whatever reason it just feels more fun. : Milleh
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        Not as much no. The fast respawn and short maps mean you can't rape or own a sections of the map with ... : MrLobo
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          Enemy players only have icons over their heads once they've been identified by you or a fellow teamates, ... : Milleh
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            They should have done it like BF2, and had them marked temporarily. Keeping icons over their heads should... : UtilityMaximizer
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              It is like that. If you're out of sight from the enemy or kill your spotter the icon dissapears. : Haku-Jin
              • Yep, exactly. I like it this way too. : Milleh
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                Fantastic! See, being sneaky is possible, MrLobo! : UtilityMaximizer
                • im glad you guys got this all sorted out now. : kn1fe
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              Don't they? I'm pretty sure I've seen markers drop off of guys if they've been out of sight of anyone on ... : Haxim
              • Yes and it's still pretty eaasy to get stealth kills. I was knocking guys out with my wrench last night.... : Haku-Jin
          • yeah but it stays on pretty much constantly because it's not like the maps are huge. : thebigbeefsandwich
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          You're doing it wrong with Tanks, btw. The shells are meant for other vehicles and building destruction, ... : Xevo
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            but that's bullshit. a big explosive round should easily kill packs of dudes : RikiTiki2
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              It's a videogame, and tanks would be ridiculous in this game if they actually worked like that. They're m... : Xevo
              • I was still raping groups of guys last night. But it only took a couple of guys with half a clue to put ... : Haku-Jin
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                they worked like that in BF1942 just fine >:( : RikiTiki2
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                  They didn't lay waste to buildings like they do now though. It's just a bit different now and not in a b... : Haku-Jin
                  • Yeah this is not BF1942, and it's going to take getting used to if you're trying to play it like that. Ca... : Xevo
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              the machine gun (RB) TEARS through infantry very quickly. no need for the shells what so ever. : -=kodiak=-
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                Yes but the aim is pretty weird and from long distance they kinda suck. Its mostly hard to kill infant... : MrLobo
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                  i didnt have many problems last night getting long distance kills w/ the machine gun. the one thing i ... : -=kodiak=-
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                    All I use grenades for (since they have a long cook time and holding them doesn't actually help) is when ... : Xevo
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                      i tend to spam 4 of them while running up to a flag. Since you toss them so fucking far away, the trick i... : -=kodiak=-
                      • yeah I'm not liking the rocket launcher in general, I am a fucking pimp with Rifle Grenades though. That ... : Xevo
                • You blow up their cover, then gun them down. If they're hiding behind terrain, than they either have the ... : Xevo
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                  Yeah there were a couple of guys that went for cover when I was using the tank too. So I blew apart the ... : Haku-Jin
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                    But not all buildings are destructible. I was shooting a guy inside a watch tower and he never died fr... : MrLobo
                    • the hit detection is wonky sometimes with the new Frostbine engine, WAY more sore than with the old one. ... : Xevo
                    • I had that too. The indestructible buildings typically have one door creating a pretty great bottleneck.... : Haku-Jin
            • I haven't had much trouble killing infantry with tank shells :\ : Milleh
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          This all sounds really bad. :( Everyone being able to kill tanks seems especially terrible. : thetangent
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            Its not that bad, but its rather easy to destroy tanks if you want to compared to 42. Basically they are... : MrLobo
            • Yeah, the maps are to tight to get even two tanks side by side in most areas. : Haku-Jin
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              I've actually seen 3 tanks being used by one team (one was hijacked from the other side) but that game wa... : Xevo
              • I saw that once in a game too, made it a pretty big target for me to divebomb with my plane though ;) : Haxim
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        it's only vaguely similar to 1942. everything is redesigned to work differently, plus the new features of... : thebigbeefsandwich
        • whoops I meant destructible buildings not terrain, although you can make a small dent lol : thebigbeefsandwich
        • I don't really care if it's the same depth, so long as there's depth! : UtilityMaximizer
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        my bf1942 specialty was killed a long time ago (subs) :( : RikiTiki2
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          submarines? : kn1fe
          • 2 maps in BF1942 had subs, one for each side : RikiTiki2
    • Player count is not going up on the console versions -- they've stated this in the past, and said that it... : Xevo
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  I had a blast running around with a 3man shacksquad last night. Also, this might be the first shooter I'v... : Haxim
  • I'm hoping we can get a full 24 shackers playing in the next few days. : Haku-Jin
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    Does it actually have squads or were you just playing together? : Begawkiness
    • It has sqauds. : Haku-Jin
  • Never played counter-strike,eh? : coyoterys
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  is it fixed? : maulla
  • It took about five minutes to find a game. It's still a little stressed but you can play now. Hopefully... : Haku-Jin
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  So is it worth buying? : JohnnyRey
  • Yes, at 1200 MS points it's a crazy steal : kainen1
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    Yes. I'm going to try and organize a Shackbattle. : RyDogg1
    • Count me in then! : JohnnyRey
    • Ditto! : pun][sher
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      Do it do it do it do it! Nothing ever gets organized over Xbox Live when it comes to shack battles. At... : freakynipples69
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        I invited you to our parties last night! : pun][sher
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          Lies! Did you really? : freakynipples69
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            I did! You ignored me. I cried. I never got into the game anyway. Kodiak and p-squid and I were in a part... : pun][sher
            • Can I make it up to you by spooning? Seriously, I didn't even get the invite if you are serious. : freakynipples69
  • Yes, definitely. : Head Rush
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    Best XBLA purchase I've ever made. : pigvomit
    • This : Milleh
  • 100% worth it. : pun][sher
  • I'll get more than $15 out of it. : Haku-Jin
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  Player count really wasn't an issue, I found. Tighter maps (they're not as big, and tweaked for the smal... : P-Squid
  • ^ meant to reply to umax : P-Squid
  • I still never got to play more then 10min :P : pun][sher
  • This is how it was in BFBC. Also removing/merging classes helps a lot too. The health restoring thing req... : Sailor of Fortune
• Just bought points to get this. Downloading tonight. : freakynipples69
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  The stats at http://www.battlefield1943.com/soldier are pretty slick as well. : Haxim
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    Whats your username? I got my password, but I tried my GamerTag, and e-mail as user. No Dice :( : pun][sher
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      username is what ever your EA Nation user name is. Same one for all EA sports logins, rockband website lo... : sigpro
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        Hmm, i've tried everything :( : pun][sher
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          Apparently I don't know my "classic" username so I can't upgrade :( : pun][sher
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            Try using whatever email address is tied to your xbox live account. Army of Two I think automagically mad... : AgentPothead
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              Tried it. No go :( : pun][sher
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                Don't we get an e-mail via shack? I'll just use that one and make a new account. : pun][sher
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                  There's an option to enter your XBL gaymertag to get a password. : Haku-Jin
                  • That didn't work for me either :( : pun][sher
    • It's your ea login. : mancide
  • fuck yes thats awesome! : maulla
  • Shit, 2 hours in a plane and now my accuracy is 1%. Dogfightnig is no good for stat whoring. : disdain
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  I'm still having problems getting a game :( : foo
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    Also, I keep getting graphical artifacts ingame. Anyone else? : foo
    • I got that once last night when I spawned on a ship. : mancide
    • Yeah there are areas of the maps that have REALLY poor vis in the levels, and you get some crazy looking ... : Xevo
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  I love how everyone was shitting on this game and now they are eating their words. The EA Hate Machine is... : Sgt_Boomstick
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    The PC only guys will still shit on it no matter what. I think it's a good time to be a gamer, both plat... : Haku-Jin
    • I agree Haku-Jin. Great time to be a gamer. Yeah, each platform has it's pros/cons. The only thing that m... : pun][sher
  • Yea, seriously though. What we get is BF streamlined which yes lessens the deepness and increases the arc... : Milleh
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  EA doubles server capacity http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/ea-doubles-server-capacity-for-battl... : byorn
  • Need to more than double IMO for a lot of the friends/squad things to work. Servers are still jam packed. : Haxim
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  This is probably a stupid question, but is anyone playing this on the PS3? : wretchedradio
  • I may buy it for PS3 to play with some friends that don't have an XBOX. : Haku-Jin
  • i plan on buying it. : kaankasim
  • I'm buying this today for the PS3. : Nitrium
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  MULTIPLAYER GAME WITHOUT SPLIT SCREEN ARE BROKEN. : Boxelder
  • how would you play 2 player battlefield? : dantastic
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  Where do I get this? Gamestop and Amazon show nothing. : GoodBoy
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    Try Toys R Us. : Boxelder
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      Are you guys talking about battlefield bad company? See nothing mentioning 1943. : GoodBoy
      • It's a download only title on XBOX Live and Playstation Network. Coming to PC in the fall. : Haku-Jin
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    p.s. I want it on PC if possible. : GoodBoy
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      you must wait longer : Patch-e
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        mow much longer for PC? :( this might be a flash in the pan fad and I don't want to miss it :( : Downforce
        • it will be a big event for the PC, dont worry! : Patch-e
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          It will be out in September, I believe, and will get a shitton of play around here. I know a lot of us ar... : Xevo
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            Honestly, for $15 you can't go wrong. I might be double dipping as well, but it looks great on my new tv. : pun][sher
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              True but I don't have my xbox hooked up. Got tired of the wires all over the place (had like 3 consoles ... : GoodBoy
              • Honestly, if you just want the PC version and aren't sure you'd like the 360 version, then wait on it. I ... : Xevo
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                wtf wires? 360 all you need is 2. power and an hdmi cable. maybe try lookin at costco's site for a che... : dantastic
                • I had an N64, Dreamcast, Gamecube, Xbox all hooked up and got sick of the mess of wires. : GoodBoy
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            I want in on more Battlefield shackbattles of some sort. It was my favorite way to make a complete digita... : Orange Pylon
            • The PC version should have some Epic Shackbattles, and Friendly Fire is off, at least in the console vers... : Xevo
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    XBLA or PSN for now. : pun][sher
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      ok thanks. : GoodBoy
      • dont forget you need gold subscription on xbox : dantastic
• Can't wait to get home and DL this! : JJDX
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  I was going to give this a pass for the PC version, but all the positive comments from the BF1942 vets ar... : Syixxs
  • Just prepare for server frustration until the middle of next week as EA fucked over Bad Company with shit... : Xevo
  • Welcome to the battle :) : pun][sher
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  Question: How do you join a squad? : ChibiJosh
  • This is weird. So you press start (pretty much the only reason to in-game besides suiciding) and go to My... : Xevo
  • press start when you're in the game, youll see the squad menu there. you can also spawn on the squad : -=kodiak=-
• AWESOMENESS - Honest to goodness fun. I love it! : scottythejock
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  I might be able hop on a bit when I get home, but I'll be spending the next 6 days in NYC with the wife a... : dedgecko
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    btw - how's the latency in the game? : dedgecko
    • When I did get to play, it was the usual latency i'd get in Halo, or CoD. Ran smooth. : pun][sher
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      Very good as far as I can tell so far, better than BF:BC it seems. Everything is nice and tight. : Milleh
      • Yeah, I'm pleasantly surprised. Either the latency is handled really well, or there's some kind of client... : Haxim
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  Will I enjoy this game if I have been playing battlefield:bad company or is it more of the same?? : bling1bling
  • If you know all the tricks of BC multiplayer (and there are many) than BF1943 will feel very familiar, bu... : Xevo
• I haven't been able to connect even once. : WhatIsThisFor
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  There are no boats? How do the Japanese get to the island? Besides planes. : NastyJack
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    There are boats you just can't move the carrier. : Haku-Jin
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      but running the carrier aground was the best thing ever!! : kbnerd
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        not if you were on teamspeak : silent prophet
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          especially if you were on teamspeak so you could hear your team congratulating you on your carrier piloti... : kbnerd
          • I always enjoyed it when someone took the carrier to taco bell and I would spawn with a fire cracker burr... : rosewood
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      Ahh. Do they have guns? Like machine guns? : NastyJack
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        Yes : Haku-Jin
        • how about a lido deck? : silent prophet
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  Any tips on flying?!? : glory hole
  • jump and miss the ground on your way down. : silent prophet
• It's already up on PSN US. : Nitrium
• I dont' know as I can't get into a damn server to play! : jonin
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  Dammit it goes to Joining Game but then pops up "The Game appears to be unavailable, please try again."..... : Thud
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    haha, of course i got in a game right after i posted this. then got disconnected :( : Thud
    • Yeah you just need to be patient and keep trying, until they add enough servers it just takes time. : Xevo
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  COME PLAY WITH A BUNCH OF US NOW!!! Add me to your Xbox Live list: ryd0gg1 NEED 7 MORE PEOPLE!! : RyDogg1
  • 5 needed! close! : cdbeckman
  • ONLY NEED 5!!! : RyDogg1
  • I added you as a friend. Jonin1 : jonin
  • Rydogg, you can ONLY do a private game when regular games are joinable. They require the use of EA's serv... : Xevo
  • alrighty, sent a friend request, lets fuck shit up : klearlyunseen
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  you'd think they'd know to book a ton of servers for release, and then tone it down. : azenmaster
  • yea I tried a few times and never could get in : jonin
  • If it was being published by anyone but EA, there wouldn't be an issue. : Xevo
• Been having fun playing the demo. It's a good excuse to camp total strangers :D You are my rock. My sh : tomservo
• I caved and got it, i expect to be getting killed by you all over the weekend : pharom

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  It will take two weeks just for teh installer to finish. : amrbean
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    sigh people need to pay attention. it's for former subscribers. why would former subscribers need to down... : cptstern
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      Sigh, I am a former subscriber. I bought the game on release. The game is known to take a VERY long tim... : amrbean
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        look about 20 min to install last night, then another 30 to patch : Slowtreme
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          I am going to call bullshit here. If you installed the game from the disc, it would take much longer tha... : amrbean
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            it was 1.8 gig and it came down pretty fast. : Slowtreme
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              The client is over 10 gigs.. : Visceral Monkey
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                and I have the DVD to install it from, so... it wasn't a big deal. : Slowtreme
                • Same here. : Techpriest((Thc))
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      because they deleted it after they canceled? : c0bra
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        I didn't expect much intelligence in his post. : amrbean
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          yeah, I wouldn't expect much from people who bought aoc either : veras
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            Right, pre-launch the game looked great. Clearly my fault. Also, to counter act what will come next, ... : amrbean
            • It had a good combat system ;(. I dont know what your all bitching about, it just lacked leveling content... : Techpriest((Thc))
    • because I took out and smashed, burned and pissed on the drive I poisoned by installing it on? : hirez
    • I threw my discs away. : snuff
  • No cds? : Techpriest((Thc))
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  Do you have to re-enter credit card information? : das_runt
  • No. I just reinstalled and played some. : Visceral Monkey
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  i have a 60ish assassin, what server you guys going on? How many Terabytes are all the downloads :-P : shadebane
  • I had to do almost 2 gigs of updates. : hashd
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    Anyone want to point out a server? I will follow. (Dont remember if they had RP servers but stay away fro... : Techpriest((Thc))
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      Heh I am on WIccana which is the pve rp server but has high population which isnt too bad just watch the ... : hashd
      • Mmmmmmmmmm ;/ I dont know. I do like killing players.... : Techpriest((Thc))
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      Im on Tyranny so is Slowtreme I believe. Cashz or Cashh. : Cashh
      • I think that was my main server, ill log on sometime today : Techpriest((Thc))
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        That's where my character was too. : nevicata
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          Cool. : Techpriest((Thc))
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            Anyone have a barb? Any fun? : Techpriest((Thc))
            • I have an 80 Barb and it was ton of fun back when I used to play but I pretty much played the game in a g... : Cashh
          • Just have to figure out the internet-situation at home. Maybe I'll have it next week! Maybe. : nevicata
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        my HoX is named Xoltreme, and on Tyranny now. : Slowtreme
        • What lvl is your hox should i bring an 80 Necro over? : hashd
• I bit on the offer. Haven't started the install yet, but bumping a Herald of Xotli up to 50 on a nice con... : Syixxs
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  What has the game added other than (quest) content? Any other gameplay systems or other fun stuff? : Fayk
  • depends on how long you have been gone. if you quit after the first 30 days, it's like totally different.... : Slowtreme
• Played it a bit. It's definitely a lot more polished so I give them credit for that, but the gameplay is ... : skinlab133
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  Anyone know how many game disks there are? trying to find my cds : Techpriest((Thc))
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    I had 2 DVDs I don't remember a CD version. : Slowtreme
    • Thats what I ment : Techpriest((Thc))
  • You dont need them if you want to download it. : Cashh
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  the first 20 levels are the best part of the game though, why would you want to start at 50? : retardhumper
  • No way. So what if the quest givers are voiced, its all about the skills ;D : Techpriest((Thc))
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    the end of the game is where the best PvE and PvP combat happens (for AoC, I'm not suggesting AoC has the... : Slowtreme
    • I have! :D : Techpriest((Thc))
• Terrible game : JohnnyRey
• Free level 50 character? Hmm.... : nevicata
• Did they un-nerf Assassins. I might revive my topless Aquilonian Assassin bitch. : etherboy
• Server will be tyranny for any new characters or server transfers. : Techpriest((Thc))
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  DX10 client gives about 15 fps for me with an 8800gts. Sad Panda :( DX9 is about 50-60 : Visceral Monkey
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    Dx 10 is a joke anyways. : Techpriest((Thc))
    • not in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky. : deject
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  Is there a trial? : NFXFSX
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    As in you've never played before? I think the 2 free weeks is exclusive to old subscribers. : Techpriest((Thc))
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      I just wanted to try the game for the hell of it. I just looked up the trial and it seems like they have ... : NFXFSX
      • Oh, that sucks :( : Techpriest((Thc))
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        Yep, Trials are currently disabled while they allow all the canceled account players play for 2 weeks. : Slowtreme
        • Whats your char name and what server? Tyranny? : Techpriest((Thc))
        • That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard of. : Ride-My-Rocket
• Wow, was "fixing the pvp system" a joke? : Techpriest((Thc))